area51novel Chapter 481 Nemo: Is this what it feels like to be a nemesis? Green: There's a cow!
Chapter 481 Nemo: Is this what it feels like to be a nemesis? Green: There's a cow!
Chapter 481 Nemo: Is this what it feels like to be a nemesis? Green: There's a cow!
For the next period of time, the good students of Padia began an endless cycle of getting up, challenging, and failing.
Of course, for students who have already trained their minds at Sunshine Dojo, losing to the champions on the road to victory is not terrible; as long as they can gain something each time, that is enough.
Every day's accumulation is for becoming stronger tomorrow!
At this point, whether or not they become champions is no longer important, since most of them will have the opportunity to continue their challenge next year.
This year, let's lay a solid foundation and get used to the schedule and environment of the Road to the Championship. Next year, let's try to pass it on the first try!
While they were suffering, three students gradually shone and became the most promising candidates to become champions.
One of them is Nemo, who showed her strength from the very beginning and even Qingyu praised her highly.
After two weeks of adjustment, she now has the strength to defeat the Four Heavenly Kings and can effectively counterattack against President Yeci's repeated attacks, narrowing the score gap.
Perhaps they are only one step away from truly defeating the champion.
As for the second place, it is the "BOSS" Mudan O, who is very popular among students and was the one who founded the Tianxing team.
Although she is the student with the most theoretical knowledge in Team Tensei and often gives advice to other squad leaders, Peony's own lineup has always remained unchanged. She broke through the Elite Four's defense with just Eevee's team.
However, she is still somewhat helpless when facing President Yeci and has not yet found a way to break the deadlock.
And the last one—
No one knew exactly when the boy named Crimson had infiltrated their group.
In the initial impressions of most of the Tianxing team members, getting to know that guy who wore the same outfit every day, a baseball cap, and Pikachu that seemed more like his true form than a human was as simple as picking him up on the street.
They were simply sitting around outside the Road to Champions, analyzing the strengths of this year's challengers in front of the screen, just like any other day.
Then, the boy suddenly appeared beside them and naturally joined the discussion, occasionally offering some rather unique insights.
That's really strange.
There was absolutely no such person in the school, but somehow, Chi Hong suddenly appeared in everyone's study group.
Moreover, he seems to only start the challenge after the Champion's Road has ended and the students are ready to leave, and he also seems to have a close relationship with Teacher Yu.
Ever since a student lost something and returned to the Champion Road to look for it, he happened to find that Crimson had entered the Champion Road. This boy, who challenged the Four Heavenly Kings of Padia by "going through Teacher Yu's back door", became famous among the students.
After all, students don't have that many complicated relationships. Some of them are even twice the age of each other, and they are brought together by their love for Pokémon battles.
Crimson was undoubtedly the strongest in their eyes.
Even when facing Teacher Yu, Chi Hong always manages to pull off some tricks that leave the other person bewildered and change their expression drastically.
The students couldn't help but exclaim: "So even you have your day, Teacher Yu!"
Therefore, within a little over a week, Crimson quickly integrated into the student group of Orange Academy and became their "golden helper".
And the happiest of them all, of course, was—
"Hey, trainer over there!"
"After you finish your championship challenge today, come practice with me!"
After Nemo climbed countless steps, panting heavily, and rested for a while, she immediately found Crimson sitting among the students, quietly listening to their conversation.
Her purpose in coming to find Chi Hong was very pure, just like her words: she simply wanted to practice with him.
Just like a few days ago.
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Red didn't even need to look up; she knew who it was just by hearing the voice. So she nodded calmly, agreeing to Nemo's request.
"Alright then, I'm going to challenge Teacher Qingyu now, hehe~"
Nemo smiled contentedly, then turned and walked briskly into the Challenge Room on the Road to Champions without looking back.
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As for the students around them, they have all gotten used to the way the two of them get along.
After all, only these two energetic monsters would still find time to play a friendly match to solidify their foundations after a whole day of intense studying and battling.
Just thinking about it is hellish! You guys shouldn't be so dramatic!!!
However, this only applies to students of average ability.
In Crimson and Nemo's eyes, fighting one more battle is as easy as drinking one more glass of water every day, and might even be good for their health.
This is the composure of the strong.
For Crimson, he would accept any battle that could put pressure on him.
After all, if you want to become stronger, a certain amount of pressure is necessary.
The same applies to Nemo.
The appearance of the crimson figure actually helped her complete the concept of "arch-rival" that Teacher Qingyu had often mentioned before.
As Coach Qingyu once said, a regional champion without any rivals is definitely not living a fulfilling life!
They either become isolated because they are too strong and cannot find opponents, or their strength stagnates after becoming champions, until they are overthrown by the next generation.
At first, Nemo didn't understand what Qingyu meant. After all, she had always been a lone wolf. Even though she had studied at the Sunshine Dojo for a while, she had basically developed on her own over the past six months and eventually formed her current tactics.
It wasn't until Crimson appeared that she realized this guy was indeed just like her! (Referring to the battle maniac)
When two newcomers, single-mindedly focused on becoming stronger and eager to battle against powerful opponents, meet, a duel is a natural progression.
Even now, Nemo hasn't asked Crimson's name, but that doesn't affect their communication.
Nemo: Is this what it feels like to have a rival? To become the Padia champion before him and not embarrass Teacher Qingyu, I have to work even harder!
crimson:----
Red doesn't have Nemo's strong competitive spirit, but this peer who "has a lot of Yu-sensei's style" is indeed a good opponent.
So, this was also part of Teacher Yu's plan, right?
Children from two different regions, each influenced by him, competed against each other in Padiya, challenging him to become champions.
The traditional Japanese concept of "subordinates overthrowing superiors" is indeed very much like a teacher's style.
All in all, Crimson was having a pretty good time in Padia.
He not only fulfilled his dream of repeatedly challenging Teacher Yu, but also gained a worthy opponent whose strength was comparable to his own, who took the initiative to challenge him.
This place is simply paradise!
Of course, both Crimson and Blue Feather seem to have forgotten about a certain "left-behind child" who stayed behind in Pallet Town and still doesn't know Crimson's whereabouts.
Green: There's a cow!!!
"Wow, Nemo, you've gotten even stronger!"
"It seems I lost this match, but don't forget to keep an eye on your next opponent!"
"Make sure to keep an eye on the Pokémon's condition."
"Yes! I will be careful!"
The date is Monday, July 20th.
More than half a month has passed since the Road to Champions opened.
And today, Nemo felt that she was in better shape than ever before!
With Teacher Qingyu, she only lost one Bone Pattern Giant Crocodile and easily won with a crushing score of 6:1.
I even received a pat on the head from Teacher Qingyu, which is a first for me!
Before leaving Qingyu and heading to the corridor to enter the next level, she didn't forget to summon the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile, whose stamina had reached zero. After feeding it a block of energy with Moo Moo Fresh Milk, she quickly restored its stamina.
Every trainer who has ever taken on the challenge knows just how important Energy Cubes are in the Road to Champions.
However, the Spirit Cube is clearly not some kind of omnipotent "Senzu Bean" that can instantly restore a Pokémon's full strength and completely eliminate fatigue.
Nemo suffered a major setback in this aspect during her first challenge against Chairman Yaji. She sent out extremely tired Pokémon to force a battle, and the result was undoubtedly a crushing defeat.
Based on her previous experience, a Pokémon's stamina is only enough to use a Spirit Stone twice at most, and its energy will be somewhat depleted after each use.
Therefore, physical fitness planning is the most important thing on the road to becoming a champion!
Having recognized this crucial point, Nemo gradually shifted her strategy, striving to break through the Four Heavenly Kings with minimal cost and try to field a full-strength lineup to challenge the most formidable opponent, President Yeci.
This time, after two weeks of trial and error, she finally succeeded!
"Little Nemo, you—well, not bad."
"As for where you got these tactics, just blame it all on Qingyu."
"It must all be his fault!"
In the second stage of the Road to Champions, after Nemo's lightning-fast breakthrough with "Since the Earth Dragon has grown wings, it's reasonable for Taijing to fly, right?", the Ground King Xinli could only shake her head helplessly.
There's nothing we can do about it; Nemo's team doesn't have any good ways to deal with ground-type enemies, and they suffered high losses when facing Sinri before.
Therefore, the only option is to work on the crystal beads.
With a single powerful strike, Taijing Feitu Longjie, completely shaved the "unexpected" Xinli Tianwang's head, achieving an astonishing 6-0 victory.
In any case, the Crystal Shards during the Path of Champions are provided by the League, which is no different from being free. Once they run out, they can simply refill their inventory before moving on to the next level.
Maintaining flexibility in combat is also one of the "Burning Techniques" that Nemo learned from Qingyu!
In the third round, facing Aoki, who had risen from a regular gym leader to a flying king, Nemo's choice was naturally "—As expected of a student taught by Aoba, he even thought of the Bone-Patterned Crocodile that uses the Thunder Fang."
"Well then, congratulations, Nemo. Please proceed to the next level."
Even after being defeated by the students, Aoki Tenoh's bitter face remained unchanged; in fact, he even breathed a sigh of relief.
Nemo wasn't quite sure why.
However, this time he defeated a superstar 6-2, and his performance was perfect!
That's all you need to know!
So, as Aoki walked unsteadily and ethereally toward his workstation, preparing to make himself a cup of hot coffee to perk himself up, Nemo had already pushed open the door with great energy and headed toward the room where the Dragon King Hachisaku was.
Although she is the strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings on paper, for Nemo, who has already challenged her several times—
I feel he's not as troublesome as Teacher Qingyu.
With this in mind, Nemo, relying on the baton-passing tactic and her incredibly muscular, scaled Kommo-o, broke through the Yasaku Tenno's defenses in one fell swoop.
"—It seems I am no match for you."
"I hope Nemo can maintain your enthusiasm in the upcoming matches and become the first champion of the year!"
As an art teacher at Orange Academy, Hachisaku didn't have any opinion about losing to his student; he simply smiled and watched Nemo leave.
At the same time, I felt a mix of emotions—
Is it just my imagination? It seems that the students who have made it to my level this year have already integrated Qingyu's tactics into their thinking, to the point that they've almost become instinctive.
However, this baton-passing tactic is really good.
It's worth promoting this to students.
As for Hachisaku, he doesn't care about winning or losing. After all, it's more interesting to have more students who can overcome themselves and gain the qualification to challenge President Yaji.
I wonder if Nemo will be able to defeat President Yeci this time?
Speaking of which, after Nemo, it seems like the next newcomer from Kanto is next. We should start preparing for that.
"Crystal Flower, use Sludge Wave!"
"Werewolf, burrow underground and use the straight-through drill!!!"
Having failed in her previous attempts to challenge President Yeci, Nemo's battle this time went very smoothly.
President Yeci still started with Servant General and ended with Crystal Flower, the lineup was completely unchanged from before.
At first, Nemo thought there was some explanation, but then Qingyu's words, "What are you thinking? Even the non-starting generals are enough to wipe out your entire team. Would President Yeci really do that?" woke her up, and she realized—
So even the powerful President Ye Ci has gone to great lengths to avoid trouble?
Although she felt a subtle displeasure, Nemo had to admit:
If President Yeci doesn't hold back, I might really not be able to beat him.
After all, even under such circumstances, the score was still 5:4, and the balance of power was on the verge of collapse.
Fortunately, Nemo knew that President Yeci's last one would definitely be a Crystal Flower, so she deliberately conserved the stamina of the Lycanroc.
That's why she was able to use all the power accumulated by Lycanroc to end her final battle on the Road to the Championship with a straight Drill that bursts out of the ground.
"That's really good, you actually thought of using the ground to avoid attacks."
Even though she lost, President Yeci wasn't angry. Instead, she smiled and praised Nemo.
If she hadn't been enlightened by Teacher Qingyu, she would probably have been very happy, right?
But now—it just feels like the president is coaxing a child!
Seemingly noticing the subtle emotions in Nemo's eyes, Ye Ci simply smiled and continued, "Anyway, congratulations, Nemo."
"Congratulations on becoming the first champion born in Padiyah this year."
Yay!!
Nemo's displeasure vanished instantly, and a smile immediately appeared on her face.